Faculty Stories
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An interactive on-campus exhibition brings to life the civil rights movement and ongoing struggle against racism and segregation in the US.
![Portrait of RISD faculty member Katia Zolotovsky](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-04/KZ_KatiaPortrait2.jpg?h=05c4fb5e&itok=2Whlqtov)
New Assistant Professor Katia Zolotovsky shares her passion for biodesign with RISD students.
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Faculty member Chris Taylor MFA 02 GL speaks with WBUR about his work and experience on the Netflix reality series Blown Away.
![SEI Faculty Fellow Ernest A. Bryant III leads a virtual workshop digitally inhabiting a bronze head from Ife, 2020](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1614613600379_BryantMaskCropped.jpg?h=f8821c3d&itok=S_Aa0sPc)
SEI Faculty Fellow Ernest A. Bryant III challenges students to find new meaning in the images that surround all of us.
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A generous gift helps RISD bring art and design to bear on the future of the planet.
![Portrait of a Boy (detail), a 17th-century Dutch Golden Age painting from the RISD Museum’s collection](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1611940534180_JJBoyCroppedHiRes.jpg?h=c3635fa2&itok=8275G7ho)
SEI Fellow Jane’a Johnson studies violence, visual culture and how race is reflected in archives and museums.
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Students in a liberal arts class developed by Associate Professor Jennifer Prewitt-Freilino practice techniques for improving well-being and building resilience.
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Faculty member Claudia Bitran inspires students in her virtual painting class to take risks and mix mediums.
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Faculty, curators and librarians come together for a semester-long seminar on decolonization that builds on the institution’s commitment to advancing social equity and inclusion.